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Hubble moments: Robert Kirshner

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Robert Kirshner was part of the supernova team that used Hubble to discover the accelerating expansion of the universe which led to a 2011 Nobel Prize for his students. Iin this Nature Video, Kirshner tells us his favourite Hubble moment: a particular supernova which sparked his imagination, 1987A.

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Pete Challis

Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI/NASA/ESA)

NASA, ESA and Allison Loll/Jeff Hester (Arizona State University). Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)

ESA/Hubble (M. Kornmesser & L. L. Christensen)

M. Kornmesser(ESA/Hubble)

NASA, ESA, G. Bacon, L. Frattare, Z. Levay and F. Summers (STScI/AURA)

NASA, ESA/Hubble and the Hubble Heritage Team
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